REGISTER JOURNAL has been accredited PERINGKAT 2 or SINTA 2 at 24th October 2018 by Indonesia Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (RistekDikti) of The Republic of Indonesia as an achievement for the peer-reviewed journal which has excellent quality in management and publication. The recognition published in Director Decree (SK No. 30/E/KPT/2018) and effective until 2021. This journal also has become a CrossRef Member since year 2015. Therefore, all articles published by this journal will have unique DOI number.
The name of REGISTER JOURNAL was taken from the concept of REGISTER and it had clearly been described by Trudgill (1983:101) as follows:
Linguistic varieties that are linked ... to occupations, professions or topics have been termed registers. The register of law, for example, is different from the register of medicine, which in turn is different from the language of engineering---and so on. Registers are usually characterized solely by vocabulary differences; either by the use of particular words, or by the use of words in a particular sense. Registers are simply a rather special case of a particular kind of language being produced by the social situation. Halliday, McIntosh and Strevens (1964) devote a long section to "REGISTER" in their 1964 work. They also refer to REGISTER as `distinguished by use.'
REGISTER JOURNAL is a forum of discussion that focuses on language (linguistics and literature) as well as language teaching studies. It aims at enhancing critical studies on the various actual phenomena from different prespectives. The word “REGISTER” in the name of “REGISTER JOURNAL” is derived from the lexicon “REGISTER” which is well-known for a linguistic variety regarded as appropriate to use in a particular speech situation.(Kortmann 2005: 255f). (Source: Register (sociolinguistics).
It was issued at the first time at june 2008 along with the name of REGISTER (p-ISSN : 1979-8903 at 24th January 2012) in a printed form and since 19th November 2015 as a milestone which marks a change from Not only a printed journal but at the same time to be Electronic or digital journal then it changed its name to be REGISTER JOURNAL for the E-ISSN Number:2503-040X (Online Media).
INFO UPDATE JUNE 2018: To improve the quality of REGISTER JOURNAL , the board of editors have decided to make some changes since June 2018.
1. Revising the article template.
2. Publishing ONLY six articles per issue.
3. Adding more reputable reviewers and editors.
REGISTER JOURNAL has the perspectives of languages and language teachings. This journal aims at presenting and discussing some outstanding issues dealing with language and language teachings. This journal encompasses original research articles, and short communications, including:
- Phonology/Phonetics
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Psycholinguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Discourse Analysis
- Linguistics in Education
- Linguistics in Literature
- Semiotics in Language Use
- Language Acquisitions
- English Language Teaching (ELT)
- English as Second Language (ESL)
- English as Foreign Language (EFL)
- English for Specific Purpose (ESP)
- English Language Teaching in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
